Yaniel Rivera G #2

Height: 6-3 (191cm)

Weight: 180 lbs (82kg)

Born: Dec 17, 2004 (21 years old)

Hometown: San Juan, Puerto Rico

Nationality: Puerto Rico / United States

Current Team: Abilene Christian

Current NBA Status: Draft Eligible in 2027

Pre-Draft Team: Abilene Christian (Jr)

High School: Dade Christian High School (Miami-Date County, Florida)

Yaniel Rivera Player Profile

Date	Opponent	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK
3/12/2026	Utah Tech	11	1	4	3	0
3/11/2026	Tarleton State	20	2	2	1	1
3/7/2026	Texas-Arlington	5	1	1	3	1
3/5/2026	California Baptist	2	0	1	0	0
2/28/2026	Utah Valley	9	2	2	1	0

College: Abilene Christian (2026)

Season	Age	School	Class	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
2023-24	18	Abilene Christian	Fr	25	6.9	1.6	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.4	.481	.400	1.000
2024-25	19	Abilene Christian	So	31	12.6	2.6	1.3	0.9	0.6	0.0	0.6	.314	.308	.700
2025-26	20	Abilene Christian	Jr	29	24.4	7.2	1.4	2.3	1.2	0.2	1.6	.364	.367	.690
CAREER		NCAA DI		85	15.0	3.9	1.1	1.2	0.7	0.1	0.9	.360	.352	.724

Season	Age	School	Class	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
2023-24	18	Abilene Christian	Fr	25	0	6.9	1.6	0.5	1.1	.481	0.3	0.8	.400	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.6
2024-25	19	Abilene Christian	So	31	7	12.6	2.6	0.9	2.8	.314	0.6	2.1	.308	0.2	0.3	.700	0.2	1.2	1.3	0.9	0.6	0.0	0.6	0.7
2025-26	20	Abilene Christian	Jr	29	21	24.4	7.2	2.3	6.3	.364	1.6	4.4	.367	1.0	1.4	.690	0.3	1.2	1.4	2.3	1.2	0.2	1.6	1.0
CAREER		NCAA DI		85	28	15.0	3.9	1.3	3.5	.360	0.9	2.5	.352	0.5	0.7	.724	0.2	1.0	1.1	1.2	0.7	0.1	0.9	0.8

Season	Age	School	Class	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
2023-24	18	Abilene Christian	Fr	25	0	172	40	13	27	.481	8	20	.400	6	6	1.000	2	12	14	5	7	1	10	15
2024-25	19	Abilene Christian	So	31	7	390	81	27	86	.314	20	65	.308	7	10	.700	5	36	41	29	19	1	18	22
2025-26	20	Abilene Christian	Jr	29	21	709	210	67	184	.364	47	128	.367	29	42	.690	8	34	42	67	35	7	46	30
CAREER		NCAA DI		85	28	1,271	331	107	297	.360	75	213	.352	42	58	.724	15	82	97	101	61	9	74	67

Season	Age	School	Class	GP	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
2023-24	18	Abilene Christian	Fr	25	.670	.630	1.4	9.1	5.1	5.2	25.1	2.3	0.6	11.6	188.1	-3.8	1.5	104.0	105.1	8.9
2024-25	19	Abilene Christian	So	31	.446	.430	1.6	12.4	6.8	13.3	16.6	2.7	0.3	13.7	132.2	0.3	0.9	92.3	100.3	8.0
2025-26	20	Abilene Christian	Jr	29	.515	.492	1.5	7.3	4.1	18.6	18.4	2.8	1.2	17.8	142.2	-0.2	1.1	99.5	105.9	10.8
CAREER		NCAA DI		85	.510	.487	1.5	9.0	5.0	14.8	18.6	2.7	0.8	15.6	143.7	-0.5	1.1	97.5	103.7	9.8

Season	Age	School	Class	GP	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
2023-24	18	Abilene Christian	Fr	25	.028	0.5	0.7	0.2	12	13	.480	0.1	0.2	0.3
2024-25	19	Abilene Christian	So	31	.071	1.6	1.1	0.1	15	16	.484	0.0	0.6	0.7
2025-26	20	Abilene Christian	Jr	29	.191	1.5	0.8	0.2	12	17	.414	0.3	0.9	1.3
CAREER		NCAA DI		85	.098	1.4	0.8	0.2	39	46	.459	0.5	1.7	2.3

Nationality: Puerto Rico / United States

Year	Age	Event	GP	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	Place
2019	13	U16 AmeriCup	-	-:-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6th
2021	16	U17 CentroBasket	5	27:03	12.8	4.8	11.8	.407	2.6	5.6	.464	0.6	1.4	.429	3.6	5.8	1.0	0.2	3.8	1.0	Gold
2022	16	U18 AmeriCup	4	24:16	12.8	4.2	10.5	.405	1.8	3.5	.500	2.5	4.0	.625	3.5	2.5	0.8	0.0	3.5	2.2	-
AVERAGES			9	25:49	12.8	4.6	11.2	.406	2.2	4.7	.476	1.4	2.6	.565	3.6	4.3	0.9	0.1	3.7	1.6	-
TOTAL			9	232:20	115	41	101	.406	20	42	.476	13	23	.565	32	39	8	1	33	14	-

Prep/High School: Dade Christian High School (Miami-Date County, Florida)

Camp	Year
NBA Academy Latin America	2021
NBA Academy Games	2022

PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG
7.2	1.4	2.3	1.2	0.2

FG%	3P%	FT%
36.4%	36.7%	69.0%